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Handbook of Experimental Phenomenology : Visual Perception of Shape, Space and Appearance.
Title:
Handbook of Experimental Phenomenology : Visual Perception of Shape, Space and Appearance.
Author:
Albertazzi, Liliana.
ISBN:
9781118329078
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (628 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- About the Editor -- About the Contributors -- Preface -- Experimental Phenomenology: An Introduction -- The Concept -- The State of the Art -- Phenomenology and Science -- Subjective Experiences -- The Science of Appearances -- A Perceptual Physics -- Realness and Its Degrees -- Conditions of Appearing -- Measuring Quality -- Modeling Quality -- Phenomenology Today and Beyond -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Part I: Linking Psychophysics and Qualities -- 1: Inferential and Ecological Theories of Visual Perception -- Visual Phenomena -- A basic principle of phenomenology: phenomena vary with the observer's perspective -- Objective and subjective -- Material objects, immaterial relations, and "the really hard problem" -- Inferential Theories -- Logical responses to proximal stimulation -- Physiological mechanisms -- Computational theory -- Selective attention, information processing, and the demise of behaviorism -- Inferential concepts from phenomenology -- Ecological Theories -- An ecological concept of sensory information: (1) spatiotemporal structure -- An ecological concept of information: (2) optical images constitute information about both environmental structure and the observer's vantage point -- An ecological concept of information: (3) perceived environmental properties are specified by retinal variables -- An ecological concept of sensory information: (4) perception of invariants -- Ecological theory of observation: direct perception of environmental scenes -- Ecological theory of observation: interdependence of perception and action -- Ecological theory of observation: direct perception of meanings and affordances -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 2: Public Objects and Private Qualia -- The Scope and Limits of Psychophysics -- The Standard Framework.

A Problem with the Standard Framework -- The Interface Theory of Perception -- Formal Models of Perception -- No Psychophysical Laws -- No Reductive Functionalism -- Illusions and Hallucinations -- Psychophenomics -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix -- References -- 3: The Attribute of Realness and the Internal Organization of Perceptual Reality -- Historical Roots of the Problem of Perceptual Realness/Unrealness -- Experimental Phenomenology -- Michotte's Observations on Phenomenal Realness -- Phenomenal Duplication -- Structural regularities underlying duplication -- On the Status of Phenomenological Observations in Perception Theory -- Explanatory Accounts of Perception: Perception as a Triggering of Conceptual Forms -- The Attribute "Real" in Explanatory Accounts of Perception -- References -- 4: Multistable Visual Perception as a Gateway to the Neuronal Correlates of Phenomenal Consciousness -- The Scope and Limits of Neuroscientific Analysis -- Early Ideas on Conscious Mental Phenomena -- The Neuronal Correlates of Conscious Visual Perception -- Psychophysics -- Electrophysiology -- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) -- Cortical dynamics mediating transitions in conscious perception -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5: Phenomenal Qualities and the Development of Perceptual Integration -- Introduction -- Color vision in children -- Color Vision in Newly Sighted Patients -- Perception of Form and the Three-Dimensional World in Newly Sighted Patients -- Development of Form and Visual Context Perception -- Development of Binocular Vision -- Other Forms of Bistable Perception -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Part II: Qualities in Space, Time, and Motion -- 6: Surface Shape, the Science and the Looks -- Introduction -- The Formal Account of Visual Space -- Psychophysics and the Microgenesis of Visual Awareness.

The Physics of Surface Shape -- The Psychology of Surface Shape -- The Psychophysics of Surface Shape -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 7: Experimental Phenomenology of Visual 3D Space -- Considerations from Evolution, Perception, and Philosophy -- Introduction -- The Story of Color Perception -- Psychophysics and Phenomenology -- First Principles: The Evolution of a Sensing Organism -- Ways of Studying Perception -- Perception Reconsidered -- The "Meaning" of Direction and Distance -- Some Phenomenal Attributes of Space -- Bringing It all Together -- Notes -- References -- 8: Spatial and Form-Giving Qualities of Light -- Introduction -- Terms -- State of the Art -- Probing the Luminosity Framework -- Terminology and Semantics -- References -- 9: Image Motion and the Appearance of Objects -- Introduction -- 1 Perceptual Grouping -- Perceptual grouping affects perceived motion direction and speed -- Motion direction affects perceptual grouping -- 2 Appearance -- Rigidity -- Gloss and shininess -- 3 Conclusion -- Challenge -- Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 10: The Role of Stimulus Properties and Cognitive Processes in the Quality of the Multisensory Perception of Synchrony -- The Perception of Synchrony -- Synchrony Perception: A Historical Sketch -- The Temporal Window of Integration -- Factors Modulating the Perception of Synchrony -- Stimulus intensity -- Stimulus duration -- Stimulus location -- Stimulus type -- Stimulus orientation and viewing angle -- Binding of multisensory stimuli -- Stimulus familiarity/expertise -- Aging and development -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part III: Appearances -- 11: Appearances From a Radical Standpoint -- Perceiving -- Qualities -- Methodology -- Magnitudes in Subjective Space -- A World of Values -- Galilean Science and Beyond -- References.

12: How Attention Can Alter Appearances -- The Class of Attentional Phenomena in Need of an Explanation -- Current Theories of Attention -- The Preconscious Buffer -- Attention Influences Subsequent Preconscious Processes -- Specifying the Domain of Preconscious Operations -- Evidence from color constancy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 13: Illusion and Illusoriness -- New Perceptual Issues and New Phenomena -- Introduction -- What Is a Visual Illusion? On the Mismatch Between Geometrical and Phenomenal Domains -- Illusory and Non-Illusory Illusions -- Unnoticed and Plain Illusions -- Invisible and Visible Illusions -- What Is Illusoriness? -- Illusory Antinomies -- Illusory Impressions -- Observer-Induced Illusion and Illusoriness -- The Illusion of Illusoriness -- Illusoriness Without Illusion -- Disrupting and Deceiving Illusion Without Illusoriness -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 14: Qualitative Inference Rules for Perceptual Transparency -- Introduction -- Features of Qualitative (vs. Quantitative) Information -- The Subject of Perceptual Transparency -- Inferences on the Occurrence of Perceptual Transparency -- Inferences on Perceptual Properties Relating to Transparency -- Evaluations and Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 15: The Perceptual Quality of Color -- What Is Color? -- Color Subjectivism vs. Color Realism: An Historical Overview -- Color realism: Naïve and sophisticated -- The Science of Color Perception -- The physics of light reflection -- The physiology of light reception -- Color constancy -- The Contemporary Perceptual Realist -- The psychologist vs. the philosopher -- Measuring the Quality of Color -- The unpredictability of color -- What Is Color for? -- The computational question: Is surface reflectance recoverable? -- The physiological question: Is the visual system capable of color constancy?.

Empirical measurements of color constancy -- The dependence of color on objects: Memory color, shape and surface -- Notes -- References -- 16: The Aesthetic Appeal of Visual Qualities -- How Is Aesthetic Relevant to the Experimental Study of Visual Appearances? -- Historical and Contemporary Inquiries Into Aesthetics -- Object Characteristics as the Foundation of Aesthetics -- Aesthetics as a Purely Subjective (Emotional) Effect -- Functional Context: Aesthetics in the Context of Evolution and Ecology -- Functional Context: Aesthetics, Perception and Brain Function -- A Change of Perspective: A More Holistic Approach -- Koffka's Unique Views on a Phenomenology of Aesthetics: From Physiognomic Qualities to the Ego-Object Relationships -- References -- Part IV: Measurement and Qualities -- 17: Psychophysical and Neural Correlates of the Phenomenology of Shape -- Introduction -- Two Theoretical Issues: Invariance and the Nature of the Representation -- Invariance -- Invariance to surface features: The role of orientation and depth discontinuities -- Nature of the representation: Feature hierarchies vs. structural descriptions -- Empirical Research -- NAPs (geons) vs. MPs -- Matching depth-rotated objects -- Observations about bent paper clips as experimental stimuli -- Spontaneous appeal to nonaccidental properties -- When GSDs are insufficient -- Can View-Based Accounts Incorporate Geons as a Unique or Diagnostic Feature? -- Recent Neural Evidence for GSDs -- Parts in IT -- NAPs vs. MPs in IT -- Recent neural results supporting a geon account of shape representation: Simplicity of parts, coding of independent generalized cylinder dimensions, and sufficiency of orientation and depth discontinuities -- Familiarity -- Structural descriptions -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 18: What Are Intermediate-Level Visual Features?.

Introduction and Outline.
Abstract:
While the scientific study of vision is well-advanced, a universal theory of qualitative visual appearances (texture, shape, colour and so on) is still lacking. This interdisciplinary handbook presents the work of leading researchers around the world who have taken up the challenge of defining and formalizing the field of 'experimental phenomenology'. Presents and discusses a new perspective in vision science, and formalizes a field of study that will become increasingly significant to researchers in visual science and beyond The contributors are outstanding scholars in their fields with impeccable academic credentials, including Jan J. Koenderink, Irving Biederman, Donald Hoffmann, Steven Zucker and Nikos Logothetis Divided into five parts: Linking Psychophysics and Qualities; Qualities in Space, Time and Motion; Appearances; Measurement and Qualities; Science and Aesthetics of Appearances Each chapter will have the same structure consisting of: topic overview; historical roots; debate; new perspective; methods; results and recent developments.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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